Leadership conference presentation on need for more women in leadership roles.

1. Women at the Table:
Now More Than Ever
Julie Graber
Managing Director
April 21, 2010

2. — As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in the
Labor Force (The New York Times, February
2009)
— It’s Not just a Recession, It’s a Mancession (July
9, 2009 – The Atlantic)
— Women are victors in ‘mancession’ (June 7,
2009, The Times, Great Britain)

3. Disappearing from the Picture
% Women at Each Level
60.00%
49.90%
50.00%
40.00%
35%
30.00%
% Women
20%
20.00%
15%
10.00%
3%
0.00%
Workforce Managers Senior Leaders Executive Officers CEOs

4. Organizational Learning Curve
DEFENSIVE COMPLIANCE MANAGERIAL STRATEGIC CIVIL
Deny Adopt a Embed the Integrate Moral and
practices, policy-based issue in core societal issue ethical
outcomes, compliance management in core commitment –
responsibility approach as a processes business it’s the right
– usually cost of doing – HR dept. strategies thing to do
handled by business
Legal Dept. – PR dept.

5. In Rework (Fried & Hansson)
— How long is overrated
— What matters is how
well

6. From Gary Hamel:
The Future of Management (2007)
— For the first time since the dawning of the
industrial age, the only way to build a company
that’s fit for the future is to build one that’s fit
for human beings as well.